Let's see your Seikos!

[sandman77]

I found this old seiko recently. I bought it new about 25 years ago and the battery has probably been dead for the last 15. I am going to put a new battery in it and see if it still works and if so get a new strap for it.

When I opened up the back the rubber o-ring seal was broken. How easy will it be find a replacement one of these?

[CAPP0]

Joey Ramone said:

I used an excellent guy in Bristol to mod my Seiko Sumo. He would certainly be able to mod you a Fifty Five Fathoms. PM me and I can pass on his details

Cheers, I'll do my research and let you know.

[Pupp]

[RicksAlfas]

Nice!

[Spydaman]

One day I'll get a Grand Seiko.

[Richie C]

walamai said:

Can't believe I've only just found this thread. I discovered the world of Seiko watch modding a couple of months ago and thought I'd have a crack myself. I think the hardest part is actually making a choice out of all the options available!

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Good job, nice result.

[sad61t]

sandman77 said:

I found this old seiko recently. I bought it new about 25 years ago and the battery has probably been dead for the last 15. I am going to put a new battery in it and see if it still works and if so get a new strap for it.

When I opened up the back the rubber o-ring seal was broken. How easy will it be find a replacement one of these?

Should be straight forward, Timpson or any high-street watch repairer have a selection of O-rings in stock. Or you can buy packs of hundreds of assorted sizes for a few pounds from Amazon/ebay, or go to Cousins for more exact parts. https://www.cousinsuk.com/category/watch-gaskets

[imperium]

Pupp said:

Beautiful watch that mate.

[the_engineer]

walamai said:

Can't believe I've only just found this thread. I discovered the world of Seiko watch modding a couple of months ago and thought I'd have a crack myself. I think the hardest part is actually making a choice out of all the options available!

I started with an SNZG13 from Amazon. You are stuck with the outer ring of minute markers, but I prefer a bigger watch over the smaller SNK809 type variants.

Then added:
- "BIG # ZERO MIN 3:00" from Dagaz
- Blue AR coated crystal from Crystaltimes
- "Mil Spec" style hands from Dlwatches. (mixed in yellow and white).
- Geckota mesh strap


Before


No going back now!


My professional work bench (critics might observe that it's just a piece of cardboard with some cheap tools from ebay)


Taking decent photos of a watch is hard!


Finished product. Really hard to show in a photo how the crystal looks. It's a much more dramatic change in reality.


I tried to avoid the 'Sinn clones' that are often done with this model because I wanted something unique. I'm pretty happy with the result for a first try. Going to have a crack at an SKX007 next!

How long did this all take you? Any tips?

Great work!

Cheers

Edited by the_engineer on Tuesday 26th December 11:26

[TheJimi]

Nice work man.

I'm seeing hints of Tudor North Flag there :-)

[bazza.]

Here are my two Tuna's SBBN007 and SBBN013 Aka Darth Tuna

[gizlaroc]

SSC618 in Rose Gold with black rubber divers...




First Seiko in years, really like it.

Edited by gizlaroc on Wednesday 27th December 18:02

[Pistom]

I really like that. My next birthday present is sorted. Thank you.

[ewand]

Christmastime - don't let the bells end!

[tobinen]

Nice, I like that

[tobinen]

A change of straps: black and yellow stitch for the baby tuna and plain brown for the Pogue

[CarbonXKR]

Christmas present

[catso]

Got another one somewhere but I dropped it and the hands fell off, rattling around inside the face so I can't wear it anymore and have forgotten where I put it.

[andy tims]

The current line up

[ewand]

Still deciding if I like this or not - it's certainly different.

Seiko 6139-7060 from Feb 1974; only available in Japan AFAIK.

Edited by ewand on Monday 29th January 13:32